NASA, SpaceX set launch date for first official resupply flight

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SpaceX will begin its first official resupply flight to International Space Station on October 7, NASA said.

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May demonstration flight went well

This will be first of 12 official missions

Unmanned spacecraft will carry materials to and from space station

SpaceX will begin its first official resupply flight to International Space Station on October 7, NASA announced Thursday.

Following the success of a demonstration flight in May, the privately owned space company is scheduled to transport about 1,000 pounds of supplies to the space station and bring back more than 1,200 pounds of scientific material and space station hardware.